Articles on Cannabis

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The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) of Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia unanimously voted on March 5, 2018 to ban all smoking of marijuana products on campus — for health and safety reasons.
(Flickr/Chuck Grimmett)July 31, 2018

Cannabis may not be legal yet in Canada, but university students are already big consumers and increasingly willing to talk about it.

Workers produce medical marijuana at Canopy Growth Corporation’s Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., in February 2018. The company wants a a “greenhouse outlet” to sell its products.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickJuly 11, 2018

A drug made from a molecule produced from cannabis gained approval from the FDA on June 25. But the molecule, CBD, is decidedly different from some other ingredients in cannabis: It doesn't result in a high.

Cannabis users seeking treatment in the UK is rising, especially among women and older smokers. But treatment services are sorely lacking.

With the legalization of cannabis in Canada just around the corner, there’s still too much panic over drug education. There’s no need to rush awareness campaigns in advance of legalization; it’s better to start doing them right.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckJune 4, 2018

A man smokes a large marijuana joint during the annual 4/20 marijuana celebration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 20, 2018. With legalization ahead, provinces are taking different approaches in how they sell weed to the public.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangMay 1, 2018

A drug made from a molecule produced from cannabis gained unanimous approval from an FDA panel. But the molecule, CBD, is decidedly different from some other ingredients in cannabis: It doesn't result in a high.

A woman lights up at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, B.C., last year on April 20. A new Calgary bylaw, meantime, bans the public consumption of cannabis and restricts people to smoking weed only at home, unfairly affecting those who rent.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckApril 19, 2018